The punch of Dream Green made the complicated thing much easier. Two days before the deadline of Poole’s early renewal, the warrior announced to renew his contract for 4 years and 0.14 billion years, and then announced, renew the contract with Wikins for 4 years and 0.109 billion years in advance.
The renewal of these two contracts is a historic event for Warriors, which means the following three points:
First, the window for Warriors to win the championship has been extended.
Second, Warriors will do their best to pass the torch.
Third, the status of Dream Green is in danger.
The renewal of Wikins and Poole first means that the main framework of Warriors will remain stable in the next four or five years. The significance of stability lies in extending the window of winning the championship. In fact, the championship in 2022 was beyond their plan, but winning the championship this time made the Warriors see the chance to win the championship in a row or several times in a period of time. To do this, the first thing is to keep the lineup stable.
Originally Curry had the longest contract, from the next four years to 2026. now Poole and Wikins sign in in the summer of 2027, among which Wikins had the player option in the last year. Poole was left as an insurance policy for Curry, and even the successor. Even though 37-year-old Curry couldn’t fight, there was still 26-year-old Poole, and Wikins was only 31 at that time. Therefore, these two contracts have the dual significance of extending the winning period and passing the torch.
For Poole and Wikins, this is a reward for their hard training, competition and decisive contribution over the past year. Meritorious service is rewarded, and guilt is punished. Only in this way can the military discipline be strict and everyone be brave. Although the most played last season was the full-time Ronny, Wikins and Poole ranked first and second in the team. In the playoffs, Poole was the sharp sword beside Curry, and Wikins was the strong shield.
Looking back at the video of the dressing room after winning the championship, they could better understand their inner joy and expectation at that time. They called the big contract “bag”. Poole said to Wikins, you want to get that large bag, wikins said, no, you want to have large bag. Both of them are happy for each other’s performance. Although they are eager to get large bag, they congratulate each other first. This kind of brotherhood transcends the relationship between robes and sermons and is a typical manifestation of the Warriors internal culture.
In the past few months, there have been various speculations about Wikins, Poole and Green’s renewal, but the most accurate prediction is that they are themselves: “Yes, yes, yes, we want to get large bag!”
The two of them got large bag, which meant that Green who pursued dreams might be abandoned.
Miles, the general manager, was quite embarrassed. He was probably prepared to get all three big contracts and got the permission of the boss. As for details, it is possible that one of them will get the top salary, the other will let a little, and Green will let a little more. Wikins was good-tempered. Poole was the youngest and was waiting quietly to see how big the bag was. Only green was the most depressed.
He was quick and fierce with Poole’s straight fist. Although it was the result of impulse, the long-saved dissatisfaction was the root cause. It seems to be a fight to Poole, actually a catharsis and demonstration to Miles. Poole has a good relationship with Green. Compared with his teammates other than splash, they may move closer, and their wardrobe are together. However, that “large bag” is really too attractive.
The news came that Poole and Wikins renewed their contract. Green had just watched a women’s champion competition and said conveniently, “The game was not very close. Although it was wonderful, it was not close.” People think of his straight punch and directly put Poole KO. However, it was himself who was really KO.
Poole and Wikins were confused, and only Green and Thompson were the only difficulties for Warriors in the lineup.
Green’s problem became simple because of that punch. He needed to be guilty and meritorious, like the Monkey King locked by the hoop. In the last season, he tried hard to help the Warriors win the championship. He was in a good state and contributed a lot, he can’t make it, otherwise, he will look for a job next summer, and the bid elsewhere will only be lower than that of warriors, even much lower. If you don’t get 20 million + contracts in Yogueta, you may never get them again in your life, or even make mistakes step by step. You can live by middle-class and veteran contracts everywhere.
Thompson is more complicated. He gave his knees and Achilles tendon for the Warriors. Although he still scored 20 + points last season, he will be 33 years old by next February. Poole shared part of Thompson’s offensive responsibilities in the past, and Wikins shared part of his defensive tasks, including injury risks. From a purely commercial point of view, the interest of warriors and Thompson in renewing the contract was decreasing.
Thompson and Green were the opposite. He was gentle and introverted, never making trouble. He was in harmony with partner ship and tried his best not to stay on the court. Therefore, Miles was most embarrassed about Thompson’s renewal.
Is it possible for Warriors to keep everyone? From feelings, of course, it seems unrealistic from business.
Assuming that green executed the existing contract 27.57 million in the last year and only calculated the income of the first 12 players, the total salary of the 2023-24 season will also reach 0.215 billion, the tax will be 0.268 billion, and the total expenditure will exceed 0.48 billion, team spending is likely to break the 0.5 billion mark.
Even if you don’t look at numbers, this is unprecedented in NBA history. The existing NBA salary system theoretically encourages players to stay in this team, but it is not designed for super teams like warriors. Those lawyers, accountants and commanders did not expect that there would be teams like warriors, almost everyone got the draft by themselves. The ranking was not too high, but they all played and several became all-stars.
As a result, the system design that was originally used to punish the stars to gather together has achieved amazing punishment intensity and effect on the Warriors. Is such a design really good?
Fortunately, NBA will sign tens of billions of days of large orders with broadcasters, and the total revenue of the alliance will rise. If warriors operate properly, the losses can be reduced as much as possible.
A team like warriors is unique in NBA. They have love and righteousness, and they are like one family. According to Sun Tzu’s Art of War’s requirements for an army, they have achieved “the Lord has the word, will have the ability, the heaven and the Earth, the law, and the soldiers are strong, the standard of training, reward and punishment.
You may say that Green fights his teammates and does not suspend the match. How can he say reward and punishment? In fact, the Warriors are considering the opening of the new season, which is also the night of the championship ring. Miles doesn’t want to insert dogwood and lose one person. Thompson said that time can cure the grudge between Green and Poole, starting from the night of the ring.
Dream Green, climb up from the toilet early and come out.
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